Editing IceWM (section)

{{Short description|X11 window manager}}
{{Infobox software
| name = IceWM
| title = IceWM
| logo = IceWM Logo.png
| screenshot = 
| caption = Legacy OS running IceWM
| collapsible = 
| author = 
| developer = Marko Maček
| discontinued = 
| released = {{Start date and age|1997}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q669886|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q669886|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q669886|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q669886|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| programming language = [[C++]]
| operating system = [[Unix-like]]
| platform = 
| size = 
| language = 
| genre = [[Window manager]]
| license = 1998: [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.0-only]]{{efn|LGPL-2.0-only since 1998, version 0.9.13.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/source/x11/icewm_0.9.15.orig.tar.gz|title=icewm_0.9.15.orig.tar.gz}}</ref>}}<br />1997: [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-only]]{{efn|GPL-2.0-only from 1997-07-14 until 1998, version 0.9.12.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/X11/window-managers/icewm-0.8.9.src.tar.gz|title=icewm-0.8.9.src.tar.gz}}</ref>}}
| website = {{URL|https://ice-wm.org}}
}}

'''IceWM''' is a [[stacking window manager]] for the [[X Window System]], originally written by [[Marko Macek|Marko Maček]]. It was written from scratch in [[C++]] and is released under the terms of the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]].<ref name="lxf103">
{{cite journal
|last=Saunders|first=Mike|date=March 2008
|title=Lightweight window managers
|journal=[[Linux Format]]
|publisher=[[Future Publishing]]|location=UK
|issue=103
|url=http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/archives?issue=103
}}
</ref> It is customizable, relatively lightweight in terms of memory and CPU usage, and comes with themes that allow it to imitate the GUI of [[Windows 95]], [[Windows XP]], [[Windows 7]], [[OS/2]], [[Motif (software)|Motif]], and other [[graphical user interface]]s.<ref name="lxf103" />

IceWM can be configured from plain text files<ref name="lxf103" /> stored in a user's [[home directory]], making it easy to customize and copy settings. IceWM has an optional, built-in [[taskbar]] with a dynamic [[start menu]], tasks display, system tray, network and CPU meters, mail check and configurable clock. It features a task list window and an [[Alt+Tab]] task switcher. Official support for [[GNOME]] and [[KDE]] menus used to be available as a separate package. In recent IceWM versions, support for them is built-in as well. External graphical programs for editing the configuration<ref name="lxf103" /> and the menu are also available.